TLDR: A night after getting run out of their own ballpark 10-3, the Texas Rangers turned it right back around — burying Chicago under 18 hits and a shutout that left the White Sox with nothing to show for the trip to Arlington.
+Snapped a rough recent stretch in emphatic fashion
−Sit at .500 (50-50) with plenty to fix
−Missing Corey Seager and both catchers to injury
−Josh Jung exited this very game with an apparent injury
First pitch went at 7:05 PM CT with Noah Schultz (3-6, 6.04 ERA) on the mound for Chicago against Kumar Rocker (2-8, 4.13 ERA) for Texas, and by the final out only one of those two had anything to celebrate. Schultz had looked sharp his last time out, working 5 innings of 1-run ball against Oakland. Rocker was coming off the opposite — 5.2 innings, 7 earned runs against Houston — making this a get-right spot he badly needed.
Noah Schultz
(3-8)·5.82 ERA
Jul 12 vs Athletics
W
5.0IP
1ER
4K
0BB
74P
07/21 Lineup
Kumar Rocker
(4-8)·4.08 ERA
Jul 11 vs Astros
L
5.2IP
7ER
6K
2BB
91P
07/21 Lineup
Texas was already banged up walking in, without Corey Seager and both catchers Kyle Higashioka and Danny Jansen, and it got worse in the middle of this one when Josh Jung had to leave the game with an apparent injury. Chicago wasn't spotless either — Colson Montgomery got scratched with a shin issue and catcher Kyle Teel landed on the 10-day IL with an ankle sprain the same day. None of that mattered once the Rangers' bats got rolling, and the market had already sensed something coming, with the price on Texas tightening notably in the hours before first pitch.
Whatever Chicago found in Monday's 10-3 rout evaporated overnight. The White Sox managed all of 3 hits and never got on the board, while Texas strung together enough contact to make it 2-0 in the 1st and never let up from there.
The Rangers didn't just win, they buried it — 4 runs in the 5th put it out of reach, and by the time the 6th inning run went up it was academic. Rocker got the bounce-back start his ERA needed, and a lineup that had scored one run over its previous 15 innings against this same pitching staff suddenly couldn't miss.
It's a reminder of how streaky this series has been — two blowouts in two nights, with the roles completely reversed. Chicago still sits well above .500 at 53-46 and shouldn't be shaken by one bad night against a Texas team that's still fighting to get over the .500 line itself.
The White Sox will need Schultz sharp again next time out to erase the memory of this one, while the Rangers will be watching Jung's status closely after he exited mid-game. For one night, though, Texas got exactly the response it needed at home.
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